The main difference between David Cameron’s statement to MPs on his EU deal and the two statements he has already given on the matter was that this one had added digs at Boris Johnson. Quite a few of them, in fact. The Prime Minister is clearly furious with the Mayor of London for his weekend announcement that he will be campaigning to leave, and inserted a number of extremely pointed lines into his feedback to the Commons that showed what he thought of Johnson’s decision.
He ruled out the suggestion – one made by Boris himself – that voting Leave now would teach Europe a lesson and enable a better renegotiation before a second referendum. Cameron has done this before, but not in the terms quoted below:
‘And we should be clear that this process is not an invitation to re-join, it is a process for leaving. Sadly, Mr Speaker, I have known a number of couples who have begun divorce proceedings.
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